I had a flower lesson at CARPO FLUEURISTE this morning. As usual, I made a French Style bouquet (Champetre). One of the types of flowers have short stems so the bouquet was quite a small one comparing to usual. Flower and foliage used are shepherd’s purse, zinnia flower, smoke grass, sea holly and red leaves (I don’t know what they are called in English, I cannot find it out by searching….). There is no “main” flowers so I found it a little harder to get the balance of the positions right. The combination of flowers is something I would never have made by myself because I would usually choose main flowers then decide what would go with it, but it’s interesting to see different styles. As usual, the instructor wrapped it and made it look very stylish.

As many people are away for summer holiday, it ended up being a private lesson just for me today. When I finished, it was raining so heavily that I waited for a while until the rain eased off a little. As I was waiting I was able to watch the instructor make a flower arrangement (she calls it “composition”) and she even explained everything as she made it, it was very lucky to be able to get this special extra lesson!

It seems to be raining a lot today. I was a little worried if I would be able to get a taxi -both getting to the lesson and coming back – but I was able to get one both times quickly. With Uber and Grab, it got much easier to get a cab these days. I remember the time when I got stuck in a shopping mall in town for hours as I couldn’t get a taxi. So much easier these days.